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A heartbreaking Facebook post has sparked outrage.

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KAMR reports it was early last month when a pit bull was euthanized at Amarillo Animal Management and Welfare in Amarillo, Texas. The incident gained widespread attention after volunteer Dacia Anderson's Facebook post went viral.

In the post, Anderson recalls noticing on May 10 that a pit bull, named only "G7," was in labor and had given birth to a single puppy. Realizing the dog had no whelping box, she quickly alerted officials to the situation.

"A bit later, I heard that a message had been sent stating G7 was euthanized," she wrote. "Her last moments, while she lay dying, were spent still trying to clean her newly birthed puppies."

The puppies were also euthanized.

Richard Havens, the director of Amarillo Animal Management and Welfare, said the facility made an unfortunate but necessary decision.

"It's unfortunate this had to happen, but it was the right call," said Havens.

Havens said the dog was reported to be aggressive when it was surrendered by its owner and was not eligible for adoption or foster care.

"The owner of the dog in question contacted 911 to state they had a vicious animal that was theirs. We responded after hours, we took the animal into custody and then the following morning we ended up euthanizing it due to the nature of the call and the behaviors the animal exhibited," said Havens.

Anderson pushes back on this notion, maintaining that G7 had no markings on her kennel indicating she was aggressive.

"She was not euthanized before she went into labor, she was not euthanized after, she was euthanized as she was delivering puppies. So aggressive or not, I don't know where you can excuse this or say 'this is why we did it,'" she said.

Havens said if the pit bull had been spayed by her owner, the sad incident never would have happened.